Seizures in the Night - Causes and Treatment

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    Night time seizures or Nocturnal epilepsy is a unique type of epilepsy when seizures happen during sleep. The causes and treatment can be different than other types of epilepsy.
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  • @DrOmarDanoun
    @DrOmarDanoun  2 дні тому

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  • @SOSULLI
    @SOSULLI 11 місяців тому +26

    I got diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 20 with my first tonic clonic seizure. I ONLY had seizures during the day, with no apparent triggers for my first 5 years. Then I suddenly had a nocturnal tonic clonic seizure for the first time. Then I NEVER had a seizure during the day. Only during the night for the next 5 years (I'm 30 now). Heavy tonic clonic seizures, when waking up no memory, no sense of balance, tongue bites and breathing in is painful for 2 days and migraines.
    Medication doesn't help well and scans show no specific location. And relationships are impossible.
    Imagine finally getting your masters in psychology in 7 years, and not being able to work anywhere, because after every seizure I'm out for 2 days.
    *I hope the people here with epilepsy can still live a functioning life with friends, family and goals for happiness.

    • @x-zw2xs
      @x-zw2xs 7 місяців тому +1

      There is so many people who are having seizures even though they are married and have children and working in high positions, it is not an obstacle

    • @SOSULLI
      @SOSULLI 7 місяців тому +4

      @@x-zw2xs Epilepsy comes in incredibly many forms. I knows someone who has seizures of 20 seconds, while they keep functioning and even talking. And there are people who have tonic clonic seizures throughout the day, they will never be able to have a job or children.
      So whats your point about "it is not an obstacle"?

  • @shawnhassanpour7142
    @shawnhassanpour7142 4 місяці тому +10

    I had my first seizure when I was 60. It continued and sent me to the hospital 8 times. They tried all kind of medications on me. Finally, a young doctor in UCLA put me on a combination of 200mg of vimpat and 600mg of lamotrogine a day, and I have been seizure free for the last 4 years.

  • @keno-o1484
    @keno-o1484 Рік тому +18

    I had bad nocturnal seizures back in the day. I had a nasty head trauma as a preschooler, and it wasn't until around 2 years after when I had my first attack. No one knew what it was because it was only tonic, not clonic. For a few years, my parents were baffled by my condition because they thought epilepsy, which they also call seizure, is only clonic, with all the jerking and stuff. When I had my first EEG (electro encephalogram) almost 3 years after that attack, we found out several facial nerves are sending erratic synapses near or on the REM stage of my sleep, which causes me to loose conciousness, turn blue and become stiff, which could take anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes. Contrary to the name, it also happens to me during the day, when I take my siesta. Fortunately, it was properly diagnosed and I got the proper treatment. 13 years later, and I'm hoping I could be of help to another patient. 🙏

    • @priscalunga7609
      @priscalunga7609 3 місяці тому

      Am so pleased to hear you got help i keep seeking help for my son 26yrs of age its bad only haooens in his sleep😢

    • @sickquence
      @sickquence 2 місяці тому

      and i would try it

    • @OrMon-r5f
      @OrMon-r5f 26 днів тому

      Could you share what you're treatment was?

  • @DanielKennedy73
    @DanielKennedy73 3 місяці тому +3

    I have seizures when waking up. Sometimes I can stop it. Its gotten so bad I dislocated my right sboulder 5 times over them! What sucks is im aware the whole time. It feels like im suffocating and im making weird noises. In the coming down fase, I hear myself nake a snoring like sound at 100 volume. Can anyone else relate? Its awful

  • @artandfiction4534
    @artandfiction4534 Рік тому +14

    To everyone that has night time seizures, I recommend start sleeping on your side at night. I started doing that after getting sleep paralysis a few years ago, so it became a habit.
    This was very helpful for me, because I have night time seizures now.
    Update: I don't have nighttime seizures anymore. They were caused by my mental health and medication, I think.

    • @KimBlevins
      @KimBlevins Рік тому +2

      I started having seizures a few months ago. One of the triggers is sleeping on my left side.

    • @KatSeraphina
      @KatSeraphina 11 місяців тому +2

      Hey do you mind sharing what meds you were taking? I am currently experiencing the same and am on some meds as well

    • @ernie7071
      @ernie7071 10 місяців тому +2

      Please what medications did you take ?

    • @TeacherMom80
      @TeacherMom80 8 місяців тому +1

      Same experience as you for years. Sleeping on side definitely helps. May also be contributed to sleep apnea when on back.

    • @MediaEntertainment-qp2wf
      @MediaEntertainment-qp2wf 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@TeacherMom80 me too on my side it seems to be better.

  • @sulphuroxide1
    @sulphuroxide1 2 роки тому +85

    I have seizures only when I'm falling asleep, I'm half awake, sometimes I can stop it.

    • @aerroc
      @aerroc Рік тому +17

      i get this weird pulsation feeling and feel very weird before and after. I get stuck in the middle of falling asleep and waking up I shake and my lips tremble, nightmares sometimes and idk what to I’m scared it’s almost every night now

    • @cjnilans
      @cjnilans Рік тому +12

      I get the exact same thing I'm 38 and it only just started to HAPPEN

    • @cjnilans
      @cjnilans Рік тому +5

      I found changing my diet really helped and I quit smoking and vainglorious and it hasn't happend since although it only happend once

    • @ghazalaparveen8651
      @ghazalaparveen8651 Рік тому +3

      I only had seizures at night, also sometimes I can stop sometimes I cannot stop, my problem is that whenever I had seizures my left shoulder always freeze, whene seizures stop, my shoulder have so much pain

    • @cjnilans
      @cjnilans Рік тому +5

      @@aerroc I only started getting mine after I got my first vaccination, wbu?

  • @MasonBrown-r2z
    @MasonBrown-r2z Місяць тому +2

    I noticed them when I'd wake up and be conscious but I'd wet the bed when I was sleeping and I wouldn't stop shaking after I woke and it would last from 5 to 20 minutes

  • @DrOmarDanoun
    @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому +5

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    • @AhmadAli-gp4ig
      @AhmadAli-gp4ig 11 місяців тому +1

      Doctor why you laughed out of fun when you were recalling that your female patient who used to crawl even to her kitchen while having a nocturnal seizure??? is it a fun for you?? I guess it is....I am shocked with such an attitude of yours....Here you are discussing a disease which has its history even when Pyramids of Egypt were not built, but unfortunately after centuries of research and scientific progress (so called) still modern medical science has no permanent treatment for epilepsy. Doctors are still doing their practices, prescribing fake tests which got nothing to do with real diagnosis or fact findings, doctors are prescribing tons of pills to their epileptic patients who becomes more complicated and serious due to the side effect of these chemical pills. Doctors only prescribes these expensive pills and expensive surgeries to their patients only to earn millions of dollars as paid to them by pharma mafias....
      its my request to you doctor please don't laugh next time specially when you would tell your patients stories/ situation that how they deal themselves during epileptic attacks.

    • @SOSULLI
      @SOSULLI 11 місяців тому

      @@AhmadAli-gp4ig I experience the same tonic clonic seizures at night. Waking up, no memory of where or who I am. No balance and I try to walk somewhere. I even went down 4 stairs, after a while, I walked passed people and walked out of the front door. All in my underwear with a pillow under my arm.
      *When I woke up, I was in my bed, I only had flashbacks walking on the street in my underwear so I thought it was all a dream. Then my roommates told me they did see me looking confused, not responding and walked outside and they simply walked me back to bed.
      When I tell this story (And I have 10s of others) I think they're so absurd I laugh with others when telling them.
      So yeah, tonic clonic seizures are horrible, also a lot for others to witness (outside in public and at night it's terrifying). But when a story itself is simply absurd, like mines are, I have the right to tell it and decide whether it's funny or not. I would find it strange when I tell my story and someone else decides I can't laugh, because epilepsy is a serious disease.

    • @SacredOwl
      @SacredOwl 9 місяців тому

      My wife had night seizures her entire life for over 50 years. Ten years ago I discovered that space weather triggers her seizures 100%. The reason that her seizures occur around 2am to 3am window, (sometimes 11pm window) is because that is when something called magnetic reconnection occurs. ( it is an earth sun thing ie space weather forcing). Not every night is strong magnetic reconnection, so her seizures don't occur every night. Every once in awhile if the space weather is really bad and goes over the medication threshold, she will have at other random times, but it is rare. (Like today at 1900 UTC she had one because we had bad space weather at that moment). I built a shielding room to block the space weather from triggering the seizure and it not only stops a seizure immediately with no or very little post seizures problems (use to take a day to recover), she also can prevent the seizure from occuring 100% of she gets in the shielding box before it occurs. She has not had a seizure for close to ten years now, except when we arw away from home and she cant get inside the shielding box. I subsequently tracked people I meant and they were also triggered by space weather, some having seizures at the same time. I also looked at many seizure diaries, including a dog and all the seizures match the space weather... literally 100%, so past predicting along with mitigating seizures, I am confident that space weather flux is the primary trigger mechanism. I should note that this all applies to my wifes migraines as well, but I have not tracked but a few others migraines which also match space weather flux, but geo magnetic storms, which to my suprise is notnthe kind of space weather I found tonteigfer a seizure, there has to be three types of space weather hitting at the same time, not one and so maybe this is why they have not discovered it yet, most space weather effect from a non linear processes to begin with. Thought you might find this intresting.

    • @SacredOwl
      @SacredOwl 9 місяців тому

      also found HSV1 activation from latent state when a proton storm occurs. Found that also that endothelial, ACE2 and inflammation activation from specific space weather. Interestingly the covid wait for the ACE2 receptor to become active to enter the cell and as expected, the fever cycle matches space weather flux.

    • @AscherC
      @AscherC 9 місяців тому

      I’m 36 and they are just now starting to evaluate me for this because I had a daytime episode.
      I’ve been experiencing everything since I was small.
      Talking, walking, jumping up and running before collapsing or just getting back into bed.
      Screaming so bad I don’t remember it, but I wake up to my voice and throat raw from screaming (embarrassingly neighbors called the police one time)
      Like having strings and being a marionette, I’ve rolled over my partner and out of bed, flipped up and out of bed. I’ve launched out of bed and onto my feet, arms swinging.
      Meds for BP seemed to sometimes help a little. I thought they were just “night terrors of unknown origin” for the last 15 years.
      We wonder how long this has been happening. I was diagnosed last 4 years with hyperadrenergic pots/Dysautonamia and whole host of other layered genetic conditions.
      I had a sleep study 15 years ago, but they only could say I don’t enter the stages of sleep deeply the one night I was tested.
      I just put a camera up in my room 2 nights ago and it caught me first night, suddenly hacking and choking and gasping. Captured then my roommate coming to check on me, talking to me and me being completely incoherent and confused and disoriented. Speaking gibberish.
      I often startle out of sleep, or jerk quickly, but then it stops.
      I hope they help me find answers soon. My local health system and providers are so over taxed.
      This has been an embarrassing and dangerous plague, my entire life.
      Never knowing when I’ll have one or where I’ll be. Hoping it’s not at a friends or someone I’ve begun dating. It’s so embarrassing 🤦🤦🤦
      Worse, now worrying if it will happen while driving.
      It’s been just another part of a whole system decline into total disability, in the short space of 6 months.
      I’m tempted to give your office a call. I’m in Seattle though.

  • @merkmerkk1885
    @merkmerkk1885 Рік тому +2

    Hello thank u for your videos i am 44 years old i never used to have seizures then 1 night i had 1 so bad that i flex my body so hard i broke my own spine and almost bit off my tongue during 1 now life is so difficult please any advice will help thanks.

  • @migueladelgado9742
    @migueladelgado9742 10 місяців тому +3

    Hi Doctor, my son had liquid Keppra when he was younger for nocturnal seizures. He went almost 2 year’s seizures free but ended up getting them again. I noticed that they switched him to slow release tablet but he was getting seizures upon falling asleep. I experimented with giving his evening dosage earlier in the day so that it’s in his blood stream by the time he falls asleep and it seems like it’s working. Do you think the earlier dosage could possibly be the reason why it’s helping?

  • @JakeMcb
    @JakeMcb Рік тому +2

    When i first started having seizures it was always at night. (i have TLE).i only started having seizures in my early 20s (due to tumour on my temporal lobe) snice then ive started having seizures during the day to, 29 now. hopefully ill find the right meds soon. well either that or its the next step. surgery to remove the tumour.

  • @DickHowe-c5q
    @DickHowe-c5q Місяць тому +1

    I'm 69 years old and just started having seizures last year in November. I have had 6 so far. I was on 1000 mg of Kepra and still had a seizure. They took my blood and told me to up my Kepra to 1500 mgs and sent me home again. My seizures only happen when I'm asleep. Thank you for explaining it better to me.

  • @DrOmarDanoun
    @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому +11

    Ask me any questions about epilepsy and seizures

    • @anneedwards9629
      @anneedwards9629 2 роки тому +1

      Hi Dr Omar . I have experienced norctunal seizures and started 22 yrs ago. I am on tegretol 200mg 1 daily.
      My greatest is my memory that is really scanty

    • @amandeepms606
      @amandeepms606 2 роки тому

      Hi dr. Am having epilepsy seizure only in the night after taking meds then too what should I do now

    • @cptwinsandmore7206
      @cptwinsandmore7206 2 роки тому

      What state are you in

    • @berylleonard6577
      @berylleonard6577 Рік тому

      Why is it when I apparently have a seizure the left side of my face is swollen and tender to the touch ,swelling only subsides 24hrs .

    • @Musicworldwide123
      @Musicworldwide123 Рік тому +3

      Can epilepsy be cured?

  • @Vibbe_rant
    @Vibbe_rant 10 місяців тому +1

    I had my first seizure this year on 25th august in morning time while sleeping I woke up with my tongue bitten and with terrible body ache, I went to hospital they did mri to my brain and results came back normal and yesterday too had another seizure same time in morning and now I’m worried if they’re gonna come back and I live alone in different country , please help doctor what should I do ?

  • @TheRenard10
    @TheRenard10 10 місяців тому +3

    I always hate when especially in the evening, after 8:00pm, whatever I'm doing in my bedroom, I unexpectedly doze off to one, and then wake up, and find myself coughing, bit my tongue 👅🩸🩸🩸😥 and then I think it's the next day, but it isn't. It's the same hour, before 9PM! This happened twice this year! I'm currently seeing a neurologist every about 6 weeks for a follow-up, which was highly recommend by my physician.

  • @villonamarygenev.1284
    @villonamarygenev.1284 Рік тому +5

    My dad had a stroke, and sometimes while we were all sleeping he would suddenly growl and shake at the same time as his eyes were closed, because he couldn't control his body so much that his teeth would bleed. Mom and I are very panicked and we don't know what to do but it doesn't happen often

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому +1

      Better to see a neurologist for evaluation and treatment

    • @TeacherMom80
      @TeacherMom80 8 місяців тому

      That's sad. Your poor Dad. Must feel so scary to him when it's happening. How is he now?

  • @rosimybanhao8763
    @rosimybanhao8763 Рік тому +5

    I also had seizure for almost 16 years now and I haven't seen a neurologist even once because I have no money to pay for check ups and medications😔 I don't know what kind of seizure is this, but it only attacked on night time just after I fell asleep, which is I am thankful because atleast it wouldn't cause me to harm myself, just like any other person with seizures that just fell suddenly without signs/ warnings. I only remember having one attacked on day time because I fell asleep after I ate my lunch. I know that my seizure will attack at night because I have signs. It would start in the morning after I woke up. I feel uneasy, not able to breath well, fast heart beat, I feel like their is something electricity (or I don't know how to describe that feeling) coming from my right ring finger, and then suddenly running through my vein up to my arm, and then up to my right brain, and then their you go, it's like someone is hammering on my brain really hard, it will last for about a minute or 2, but it wouldn't make me out of consciousness. I just feel uncomfortable and sleepy the whole day, with fear and assurance that it will surely attacked again during the night just after I feel asleep. During the night, I really wanted to cry, to scream😢 begging that I hope it won't attack again😢 I haven't seen myself having a seizure because I don't want to😢 I just feel pity for myself😢 during the seizure, the last thing that I will remember after I fell out of consciousness is that, I want to shout begging for help from someone, but I cannot open my mouth anymore😢 I feel like my body is braided and I cannot breath😭 which is so hard😭 and then after I came back to my consciousness, I was their, not on my mind, wet because of peeing on my pajamas which is really embarassing, my mother are already their crying asking me what are happening to me😢 which makes me even more sad because I don't want her to worry about me😢 it would repeat 1 to 3 times every attack. The last attack that I remembered was when January 2021, and I haven't been experience after that, which I thought that I am already free from that illness, but I was wrong, because after almost nearly 2 years, it attacked me again last night of December 6😢😢😢 I then feel dejavu day after the attack, body and muscle aches, bitten my tounge and no energy at all. I just want to sleep the whole day. I hope you can help me if what kind of seizure is this sir and what triggers why it attacked again, and what to avoid. We don't have epileptic record on our family😢 i was the only one and it made me feel weird and lost😢😢😢

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому

      Thank you for sharing your experience. I am sorry that I couldn't provide medical advice online. Please check with your neurologist

    • @kavin7980
      @kavin7980 Рік тому

      Same problem likes me ....what did you do for that??

    • @CrystalVolgenau
      @CrystalVolgenau Рік тому

      Jesus Christ can heal you fully through deliverance of his children,Deliverance is the only way we can be fully set free from all curses. Jesus deid on the cross for our sins. Matthew 6:9-13

    • @rosemaryatuhuura788
      @rosemaryatuhuura788 Рік тому

      @@CrystalVolgenau Amen

    • @judithabregana9931
      @judithabregana9931 8 днів тому

      I have a son he siezure when his going to sleep and through out the he didnt sleep.. If he can sleep only few minutes so i went to his neurologist and he haf a diecepam as his one of his maintenance.. Now no more siezure at night

  • @shanusoni5673
    @shanusoni5673 Рік тому +2

    I have the same problem from last 5 years nearly. First it was started in night but after 3-4 months these intensity and frequency increased. Now i have these seizures when i was just in a state to sleep, at night, or whenever my mind start to goes relax….the doctor did a video EEG and called me that it’s frontal lobe epilepsy…and advised me for surgery…because after taking Carbamazepine CR 600 BD Lamotrigine 100 BD, and clobazam 10 HS….these are not stopping….I don’t want surgery but be on medications only….please help.

    • @Vibbe_rant
      @Vibbe_rant 5 місяців тому

      Hope you’re doing good now 🤗

  • @VividVerse
    @VividVerse 4 місяці тому +2

    35 year old female here, trying to understand and learn more about my type of seizures. To start, never had seizures before ever in my life. I was diagnosed about 7 months ago in October 2023 with nocturnal epilepsy.
    This started with tongue bites that occurred during sleep. I assumed it was stress related at the time because my mother whom I lived with my entire life and help me raised my son, passed away unexpectedly 6 months prior (Oct 2022) to my first documented tongue bite. Within 48 hours of her death, my ex (history of alcoholism and domestic abuse) took advantage of her death and filed an emergency order that I couldn’t afford to fight and I lost primary custody of my 6 yr old son, who is now 8 (LONG story but no I didn’t do anything). It was just my mother, son and I since he was born, so after I lost them it was just myself. The stress and emotional pain was so immense that my period stopped for 6 months (menstrual cycle was normal since it started @12 years old). The tongue bites started when my period came back and my menstrual cycle has been normal since.
    The tongue bites started occurring more and more frequently but progressively became worse. Then I started waking to unexplained bruises that also became worse. I didn’t seek medical treatment until it came to a head in October 2023. I woke up to a bloody shirt, my chin was busted, a cut on the bridge of my nose, right side of my face bruised, right shoulder bruised and of course a bruise, bloody and VERY swollen tongue. I woke up in bed, just as I had before falling asleep. I checked for signs of break in and sleepwalking but nothing was out of place. My dog was sleeping peacefully on the couch as well.
    I took that day off of work but had to return the following day (not enough PTO). I looked crazy but tried my best to work. Job was in the county government motor vehicle tax office and required multitasking, communicating with the public and memory. I struggled with all of this, not even all my post it notes could help. My emotions were kind of fragile but I held it together until my boss called and complained that I wasn’t fast enough (yes she knew I was having symptoms of seizures). After going back and forth for several minutes, with my agreeing with her and explaining over and over how I was trying to adapt (post it notes etc), telling her I was trying my best, she said “well everyone else is doing it”. I again said I’m trying which at first was in a speaking voice and ended with me yelling and slamming the phone down. Felt like I was watching myself from the outside and it was extremely embarrassing. I ran to the bathroom in tears, almost broke my hand punching the tile wall. That comment hit a nerve because of the girl sitting next to me talking on her iPhone ear piece off and on ALL DAY. I was also the first on the phone carousel that day. Incoming calls started on my line, if I didn’t answer it went to the next, then eventually the girl who was on her personal phone. Needless to say I lost my job.
    Since then I’ve been unable to work and became homeless. My epilepsy treatment has been inconsistent due to the housing insecurity, lack of funds and having to move several states away to my nearest family.
    Something else to note, I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and major depression at 12 years old (after my menstrual cycle started). Then PTSD was diagnosed after my son’s father and I separated, shortly after I became pregnant. My mental health had been consistently treated and stable since my pregnancy. After a seizure, it exacerbates my mental health. The worse the seizure, the worse it affects my emotional wellbeing.
    Also only one person saw one of these nocturnal seizures and called the ambulance. My first memory was waking up in the back of the ambulance after I had been loaded in on a stretcher. They didn’t keep me overnight.
    I was not using any drugs other than those prescribed to me. I didn’t drink a single drop of alcohol either since before pregnancy.
    I was initially prescribed Lamotrigine prior to the ER visit. That was changed to the generic form of Lacosamide which was changed last week after a suspected allergic reaction but also continuing seizures happening 2x weekly. The new medication is Oxycarbazepine, I’ve been on this for a week now. I had a seizure 2 days after being discharged from the hospital (Wed) and another this past Saturday. Since starting medication, the severity of the seizures has decreased but the frequency has increased. I can tell by minor cheek/tongue bites, bruises and a sudden shift in mood (extremely depressed and suddenly suicidal). The worst symptoms now are my balance becomes way off, severe muscle cramps and weakness, difficulty in speaking and remembering words (also things in general). I’ve also been told by the homeless shelter staff that I “lose my color” or become pale after a seizure.
    Only one occurred while awake. This was right after I woke up (within 30 min). Before I felt suddenly nauseous, extremely anxious, heart racing. Ran to the toilet thinking I was going to throw up and ended up blacking out, waking on the floor an hour later.
    Still learning about auras but the primary one is that it feels like an electrical impulse shoots down my spine and my legs spasm, have a muscle contraction. Sometimes I fall asleep but can’t move, can still hear but then wake up either to my legs spasming and/or gasping like I stopped breathing momentarily.
    All this being said, I’m at my wits end. I WANT to work, to be independent and most importantly TO GET MY SON BACK.
    Sorry for the book but yeah… main point is I’m wondering if there’s a connection between the menstrual cycle, trauma and seizures. I’ve heard of Catamenial Epilepsy but could someone have both Catamenial and Nocturnal Epilepsy? I also had a venous stent placement due to “severe stenosis of the right transverse sigmoid sinus junction” in Dec 2017. This started with vision loss and papilledema. Most recent CT scan from Feb 2024 mentions “chronic subdural hemorrhage, along the lateral margin of the right frontal lobe”. So I’m not sure if it’s a combination of hormones, stress, mental health, the stent, or the hemorrhage.
    My appt with my new neurologist isn’t until June 20th. I’ve put all my medical documents in a folder and photos of my tongue bites, bruises etc plus a seizure diary. I’m hoping he’ll take the time to listen instead of brushing me off and making assumptions. Due to everything I’ve been through medically and emotionally I feel like there’s some dots to connect. I need solid answers because I can’t function like this. I’m on my own with not a dollar to my name. I’m getting desperate.
    Edit: I have had 2 EEGs, both 30min while I was awake. First one said “abnormal EEG due to rare left temporal slowing”. The second says “findings consistent with at least a mild diffuse disturbance in brain function”. A longer EEG is needed while asleep but again, the housing instability has put that off. Hoping it’ll happen soon.

    • @deer105
      @deer105 2 місяці тому

      Try to find a disability attorney and file for SSDI, public housing and food stamps, and when you're stable a family law attorney. I'm so sorry this has happened and hope you find someone who can help. 🙏

  • @Sami-rw3ch
    @Sami-rw3ch Рік тому +13

    I was diagnosed with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy a few months ago. Unfortunately my neurologist is not as informative as you. Wish I could find one like you in AZ or NM. Very informative thank you! The medications I was on made my personality change and I was super aggressive- I didn’t recognize myself.

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому +2

      Thank you.. Yes please review the video on best antiseizure medication for epilepsy.. Not every medication is appropriate for every patient

    • @ninjaprincess26
      @ninjaprincess26 Рік тому

      What medication were you on?

    • @Sami-rw3ch
      @Sami-rw3ch Рік тому

      @@ninjaprincess26 Keppra 🙃

  • @jenniferadair5
    @jenniferadair5 Рік тому +2

    Dr. Omar I've been having night time seizures since I was 36 they have been going on now for about 7yr can these be misdiagnosed for PNES? When I have them I have the bicycle movement, my arms stuffing up, I try biting my tongue, My heart rate even rises. This has been told to me by my mother, son and husband, but my Neurologist is wanting to still diagnose as pnes, when I have these night seizures it takes me about 2 days to fully recover from having these. Can you please help me understand the difference between frontal lobe and pnes seizures

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому

      Yes, I explained these differences in details in the frontal lobe epilepsy video and the PNES diagnosis video. Please review them and discuss with epilepsy specialized neurologist. You can't just make the diagnosis of PNES based on the symptoms alone. At least an experienced epilepsy doctor will not.

  • @basilkearsley2657
    @basilkearsley2657 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for this video. It really helped understand my 7yo night time seizures

  • @melissavellem8565
    @melissavellem8565 Рік тому +2

    I have discovered that I have night time seizures, well I have been told because I wake up not remembering anything, tired and my tongue will have a small cut and a bit swollen, these seizures only happen at night while I'm asleep and happen once in atleast 3months...this started 3years ago after I gave birth, I'm 29yrs

    • @megancoluzzi1450
      @megancoluzzi1450 9 місяців тому

      Mine started after giving birth as well and are nocturnal. Have you figured anything out? Any medication that works or cause?

  • @LuminesBreezer--
    @LuminesBreezer-- 5 місяців тому +1

    He explained the nocturnal seizures so well, and the waking up and suddenly yelling was delivered pretty damn well too Dr. Danoun. BY THE WAY. I can hardly wait until we meet again. Thank you and finding you is pretty awesome, when that gather of more knowledge is given about my current battle against my epilepsy.

  • @beardo_M.D.
    @beardo_M.D. Рік тому +2

    Diagnosed with epilepsy after 5 known grand mal seizures in late 30's. I take Keppra and had no seizures (that I know of) since taking the medication (2 years now). Is it possible to have auras, but no seizure after? I get uneasy feeling in stomach, see flashes of light like fireflies, almost hyperventilate just to breathe and the feeling of needing to sit out of fear of fainting.

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому +2

      Yes. Please review the video on auras

    • @tooquick6
      @tooquick6 Рік тому

      Are you able to drive a car?

  • @abdulgafur9095
    @abdulgafur9095 Рік тому +2

    Hi doctor, I have generalised tonic colonic seizures, problem is I used to have my seizures in morning now mostly at night, but I what I don't understand is at certain time of day around 6 - 9pm I fell auras every single day at that time. I take my medication around 8pm. I used to take it around 11pm & my life was great now I can't get past 8pm without taking my medication or a crave of medication will occur. I currently am on epilim, tegretol & small dose of keppra twice a day.

  • @ronu4hka
    @ronu4hka 2 роки тому +2

    hi im a 17 years old boy and i think i had my first sleep seizure like few months ago and i have had 5 or 6 sleep seizures for now. should i be scared doctor? like should i tell my parents and ask them to take me to a doc? a reply would be great 🙏🏼

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому

      Yes you should go to see a neurologist right away

  • @saedeid5828
    @saedeid5828 19 днів тому

    Dr omar i heard a lot about u ,my child,having nocturnal sezuires ,at the night from,3,to 6 am,always at same time, her age is 10 years old,after trying a lot of medication ,she takes,20,ml vempat ,10 at morning and 10 at evening,with urbanyl 100 mg once daily,plz advice me what to do

  • @GordonKay-ro1rs
    @GordonKay-ro1rs 12 днів тому

    I have grand mals epilepsy and they happen day and night and don't know when they happen and I have them badly since I was in a car crash and hit my head on the windscreen I'm a qualified electrical engineer and signed off work now because of them and even with the anti epileptic drugs I still have them bad and it's only the anti epileptic drug that keeps them from being all the time so I have times between the seizures but as I get older they are getting worse now when I have them and it's hard nowadays like

  • @emmahorton4771
    @emmahorton4771 Місяць тому

    I get 90% of my seizures when I go to bed without going to sleep. The heart rate goes up whilst I have myoclonic clusters and medication don't touch it. And the neurologist wasn't interested in treating me on NHS. I asked for something to take just before and during my menses and still he wasn't interested. Just said that if it gets to tonic clonic stage then I will have to go on meds. But otherwise he's not going to treat.

  • @AhmadAli-gp4ig
    @AhmadAli-gp4ig 11 місяців тому

    Doctor why you laughed out of fun when you were recalling that your female patient who used to crawl even to her kitchen while having a nocturnal seizure??? is it a fun for you?? I guess it is....I am shocked with such an attitude of yours....Here you are discussing a disease which has its history even when Pyramids of Egypt were not built, but unfortunately after centuries of research and scientific progress (so called) still modern medical science has no permanent treatment for epilepsy. Doctors are still doing their practices, prescribing fake tests which got nothing to do with real diagnosis or fact findings, doctors are prescribing tons of pills to their epileptic patients who becomes more complicated and serious due to the side effect of these chemical pills. Doctors only prescribes these expensive pills and expensive surgeries to their patients only to earn millions of dollars as paid to them by pharma mafias....
    its my request to you doctor please don't laugh next time specially when you would tell your patients stories/ situation that how they deal themselves during epileptic attacks. My father is dealing with the same nocturnal 2 to three minutes seizures in his bed at night during his sleep. After his seizures he always walks (normally) to his kitchen or to backyard in an absent minded way. At that time he don't recognizes his own children. After 20 to 30 minutes of his seizures he gets normal and starts recognizing his children.
    Doctor you cant even imagine that what difficulty I faces whenever my father has these nocturnal seizures. I am nursing my father from last 06 years. I cannot sleep properly in my own bed room coz I have to check many times my father during his sleep at night time. I wish there would be some kind of permanent cure to this disease the "Epilepsy" which has its history even when Pyramids of Egypt were not built......

  • @brianschroeter2105
    @brianschroeter2105 5 місяців тому

    Majority of my seizures happens In My sleep I'll say at least 95percent maybe my room s temperature and I've been found choking in My sleep according to my brother and shaking and dribbling I've even bitten my lips and tongue

  • @danwillson4568
    @danwillson4568 Місяць тому

    I never have seizure in my life but due to extreme stress and failure in my life I have 5 seizures in 2.5 years during sleeping at night and now I am wetting during sleeping seizure wth is this cursed disease 😡

  • @ayeshahussain4233
    @ayeshahussain4233 Рік тому +1

    Hi doctor I usually get seizures specially when i will be relaxed after hardwork or before sleep or mid night. Even I take leviteracetam2g per day with lacosam 200mg per day with frisium 20mg night please advice me some precautions. I just wanna get rid of this. Please doctor..

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому +1

      Yes please review the video on drug resistant epilepsy and discuss with your neurologist

  • @XjtBA
    @XjtBA Рік тому +1

    I had my first nocturnal seizure when I was 26. I was put on Dilantin and slowly was weaned off of it after 2 years. I then had another seizure. I was on Dilantin for 20 years and purposely did not have children because Dilantin was known for causing birth defects. Every EEG after my first one showed normal brain function. I was told I had seizure disorders, not epilepsy. I also lived in a very old house with a lot of dust. And I was in a very stressful marriage. I divorced, moved out of state, and slowly weaned myself off of the Dilantin. I am now 69 years old, happily remarried, and haven’t had a seizure in over 30 years. I always wondered if my nocturnal seizures were from the dust in the older home, perhaps from the air ducts not being clean, and the stress from an unhappy marriage.

  • @H4KnSL4K
    @H4KnSL4K 3 місяці тому

    Dude, what about the ketogenic diet? That beats brain surgery any day. Have you seen the movie "First Do No Harm"?

  • @brianschroeter2105
    @brianschroeter2105 4 місяці тому

    Why do I spit spit so much and sound like I'm choking or snoring?it is how they have heard me in My room when having seizures in my sleep

  • @berylleonard6577
    @berylleonard6577 Рік тому +2

    I was diagnosed with nocturnal epilepsy 3months ago ,I'm 55yrs old . I'm on epillum 200 mg BD. Ihaavent had any major episodes since . But still experience mild to moderate episodes a few times a week . Apparently I've been undiagnosed for 4decades . I remember as a child getting up in the morning and unable to speak coherently. My mother thought I was a bed wetter because on many occasions I would get up with my bed wet .

  • @junenriquez4730
    @junenriquez4730 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you! 😃
    Now i know clearly what is nocturnal seizure, and how it attacks me.
    Clear information. 💜👋

  • @brianschroeter2105
    @brianschroeter2105 7 місяців тому +1

    I was asleep I woke up shouting and hollering at the top of my lungs

  • @lavenderosuagwu7675
    @lavenderosuagwu7675 4 місяці тому

    my 3years old do have nocturnal seizures,this is the 4th episode and am so scared, please what should I do?

  • @abdullahalfai7764
    @abdullahalfai7764 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks Dr. Omar. Can AEDs induce night time seizure? This what I have been told. I have tonic clonic epilepsy and when I used lamictal I started to experience night time seizures (myoclonic) almost every-night. Now I am on Briviact and valproic acid and still get it about 3 to 4 times a month. Is it something I am going to have to live with? Of course when stress level is high I get it more often.

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому +1

      We know that Lamictal can cause myclonic jerks in cases of juvenile myclonic epilepsy
      .. I can't tell the future without knowing your case well.. Please discuss with your neurologist

    • @gto11520
      @gto11520 2 роки тому

      @@theeclecticbombshell7562 anti eplisetic drug

    • @gto11520
      @gto11520 2 роки тому

      @abdullah depends on you 24-48 eeg are you getting abnormal eeg during the day or night ? Pirior to taking lamicatal were you on another substitute aed ? There medication that caused siezure withdrawal

  • @samanthabuchanan507
    @samanthabuchanan507 3 місяці тому

    Nocturnal seizures is not night time seizures, it happens during sleep be it night or day.

  • @MilwaukeeMentalMentality
    @MilwaukeeMentalMentality 7 місяців тому

    I’ve created my channel to help provide video evidence of nocturnal seizures and how they could change into having them happen any time of day. Majority of my nocturnal seizures will occur a few hours before normal wake up times. Left front temporal lobe is location of start, with most recent SEEG being able to detect 2 different starting points, in comparison to just 1 being able to be detected with EEG. The wire removal process during the SEEG did cause a stroke along with creating a whole new level of behavioral changes. 🧠 💪🏻

  • @Albert-lg2be
    @Albert-lg2be 4 місяці тому

    My sister have seizure after seizure she has a migraine it takes a lot time.😭 We don't know what to do.

  • @فرزاد-ت1ش
    @فرزاد-ت1ش Рік тому +1

    سلام.اگر علت تشنج درخواب مشخص نباشد یا ژنتیکی باشد و به دارو مقاوم باشد قابل درمان هست؟

  • @awentimes
    @awentimes 9 місяців тому

    Typical doctors answer - use pills or have surgery.
    GTFO

  • @RajeshAn-ld5dy
    @RajeshAn-ld5dy 5 місяців тому

    Hi I am Kavita from India I have focal seizures and is it because of brain tumor

  • @henryholden4431
    @henryholden4431 10 місяців тому

    Can you have seizures if you jerk your legs and feet during sleep at night?

  • @vyperchannel6520
    @vyperchannel6520 Рік тому

    Doc,my baby have epilepsy also😢😢
    Here maintenance is phenobarbital
    It's hard 4me,to accept this until now..I'm cry.,bcoz my baby suffered epilepsy,.also she have blood infection..that's,y..were always in the hospital..

  • @FindMyKing
    @FindMyKing 5 місяців тому

    It's a serious matter so I'm just curious, Why smile in the thumbnail?

  • @santhoshreddy8270
    @santhoshreddy8270 Рік тому +1

    Dr.Omar please can you share your mail ID. I will share my lab reports and meditations that I have used. I experienced a lot side effects.

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому

      I am sorry I can not give medical advice online.. I put lots of information in the videos and please discuss with your neurologist. Thank you

    • @santhoshreddy8270
      @santhoshreddy8270 Рік тому

      @@DrOmarDanoun Thank you

  • @Organizedqueen
    @Organizedqueen 4 місяці тому

    Hi good day, i was never diagnosed with epilepsy, but on sunday 5th may 2024 i was on work and i had a seizure, i fell and hit my head on the concrete floor, i was told my body was shaking alot. I have not yet seen a Neurologist, its very expensive, i live in Trinidad and Tobago. I have not had any episode since. What should i do

  • @TinyRoseTamer
    @TinyRoseTamer 27 днів тому

    Had seizures since 2010. Calcifation breaks off the back of my brain & I just blackout/kick/broken teeth/fell of bed; work abuse was the turning point where I'll never drive or be home alone. Levaetciam & Lamortigine seem to be helping right now.

  • @denekabudget
    @denekabudget Рік тому

    OXCARBAZEPINE was prescribe to my daughter she’s six years old she only had two seizures that we are aware of.
    I have not start her on this medication as yet because I need way more information these medication has a Lot of major side effect and I’m not trying to make her situation worse.

  • @zivkovaljakov5256
    @zivkovaljakov5256 3 місяці тому

    I have a 5 y/o daughter with Dravet syndrome since 4m/o with generalized seizures. Now she is on Frisium and Diacomit. Some period after she started using Diacomit the seizures reduced to 10 per month but 9 out of 10 are happening during sleep now also generalized which endurance up to 1 min.
    @DrOmarDanoun maybe you can give us some advise here.
    Thank you.

  • @palazii7907
    @palazii7907 Рік тому +1

    I don’t get seizures to often every few months or so but my most recent seizures have been at night and I bit my tongue and pissed the bed. This is the first time they started to happen at night. How do I know what type of epilepsy I have?

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому +1

      By visiting a neurologist and doing the work up

  • @c.c.227
    @c.c.227 Рік тому +1

    Hi Dr. Danoun, after each episode of nocturnal seizure, i will have difficulty understanding conversations, comprehension, recalling, and always have lost memory as well. The above sympton will go on for several weeks until it gradually recovers but overall things are going downhill. The lost memory part never comes back & i will have to re-learn lots of things in life. Any suggestion for the brain function part? Thanks!!!

    • @starliadormeus909
      @starliadormeus909 Рік тому

      Right I hate the loss of memory part. You can’t even go and have a good time and remember that experience you had.

  • @dericada3928
    @dericada3928 7 місяців тому

    Hello Doctor. im from Philippines., I hope you can help us. My baby just recovered from bacterial meningitis when he was days old after one month. And now he is four months old, and the seizures reoccur usually when he is waking up. our doctor give him medication but still it is happening and its not giving patterns anymore, the seizure happens any time of the day right after our baby wakes up.

  • @joeCancerWarrior
    @joeCancerWarrior 3 місяці тому

    I have a left frontal lobe oligodendroglioma stage 2 and just recently started having seizures that wake me up with in ten to fifteen minutes of falling asleep. I awaken with burning metallic taste and smell, right twitching and right hand numbness. Only last about two minutes

  • @ayinegetahun1859
    @ayinegetahun1859 8 місяців тому

    I have night time seizure. Before that it is also in a day but now only in night without a missed drug. with 3 month interval there is seizure. I take carbamezipne & fluextine drugs. Doctor please reply. I am from Ethiopia

  • @jessiwhite2658
    @jessiwhite2658 5 місяців тому

    I never had seizures before until i had kids. During both of my pregnancies i had seizures at night and only at night. I was diagnosed with epilepsy but im not to sure that is what caused it. I haven't had any since pregnancy either. I had a scan that came back clear and was on medication during my first pregnancy and was still having seizures. Id love to see if anyone else has had seizures only at night and only during pregnancy.

  • @indiepopcreature
    @indiepopcreature 8 місяців тому

    I have seen seizure in my brother in sleeping early morning , that happen 2 time in gap of 6 months , ct scan show bilateral maxillary sinusitis . But according me its have been sleep myoclonus ,plz help me to understand whats going on

  • @santhoshreddy8270
    @santhoshreddy8270 Рік тому +1

    Is there a permanent cure for Nocturnal Seizures? I am experiencing Seizures only at night time.

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  Рік тому +1

      It depends on the cause and type of epilepsy. See the video on cure for epilepsy

  • @brianschroeter2105
    @brianschroeter2105 4 місяці тому

    Why do I have most of my seizures while sleeping?..I remember nothing and if I do it's like a dream and people tell me what I do or say during such episodes

  • @PaviThra-hu1xl
    @PaviThra-hu1xl 9 місяців тому

    Dr pls reply.my 2 years old boy has some movement in body and eyes are open but not rolling for 5 sec.neurology dr took eeg.all report normal.then diagnose its benign sleep myoclonus so no need treatment.nothing to worry .it will stop when child reaches age 6.i am worried.pls reply sir

  • @MeerChandio-t9b
    @MeerChandio-t9b 9 місяців тому

    Dr i am from pakistan i am facing this situation from 2017 before this it never heppen to me when i sleep i make a loud noise then my hand and legs get locked after few minutes i speak different languages and i don't know my father mother brother sister who they are front of me but slowly slowy i remember every thing and know every one after this few minutes condition i feel very stronger pain in my body for few days and when i getup at morning i forget every thing what happend to me at night
    Dr can u tell me what is this and how can i control this thing

  • @Nemo.404
    @Nemo.404 2 роки тому +2

    I have been having chronical "sleep paralysis" for like 3 or 4 years by now, or so that's what I think. Lately I've been thinking that it might be seizures because my little sister has also epilepsy and most of the times happens when she. Is sleeping. So the thing is that when the "sleep paralysis" kicks in I just can feel my jaw rigid and going to the left, my body completely tense and my legs bicycling, when I wake up o just feel completely tired I can hardly stay awake, feel like my body is not responding and I try to stay awake but I just can't and mostly fall sleep right away to only have that same thing happen to me again (all of this happen while semi conscious). So I don't know if these could be symptoms of nocturnal epilepsy.
    I've been struggling with this for years and it really is hurting my life and I just want it to stop, but I don't know what is happening to me when I sleep. I don't see people having "chronic sleep paralysis". This happens to me between two and three time in a week, and that's when I have a good week. Sometime it happens every single day
    Like 7 years ago I suffered a severe head injury. Two years later I went to make some studies of my brain because my psychiatrist asked to do them, they told me I had a cerebral irritation and explained to me that that was kind of like epilepsy but not triggering the seizure. By the next year is when the things I described started to happen to me.
    Maybe I'm just overthinking it. But I remember my sis having a seizure and mostly having her entire body rigid and her feeling so tired she couldn't stay awake at all.

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому

      I can't provide medical advice online.. But you can get overnight sleep study and EEG with video to tell apart which one you have. Better to see a neurologist for evaluation and treatment

    • @tjvanaarde
      @tjvanaarde Рік тому

      I've had plenty sleep paralysis since I was a kid. Now as an adult when it happens i am able while paralyzed to ask my wife to shake me awake. Once I flicked myself off the bed on purpose and woke up as i hit the ground. About a week ago I took a rest on a Sunday afternoon and had a seizure which my wife saw later had another while also sleeping went to see a neurologist after first spending a night in hospital have now been diagnosed with epilepsy after having a EEG. Other symptoms i had for years include being very tired in the mornings no matter how many hours I slept, brain fog from some foods and twice smelling something that I thought I recognized but couldn't place the smell which i since learnt are all symptoms of epilepsy.

    • @mandarapapa1895
      @mandarapapa1895 Рік тому

      @@tjvanaarde hi i feel you .i have it whole my life ...but no one is understood it ...i have low memories.that means i am forgetfull...,sorry for my bad english

  • @traviskinuthia4198
    @traviskinuthia4198 Рік тому

    From doha i fell in love with an epilepsy girl (name asaph karanja kinuthia without epilepsy )doha bank##😊😊😅😮😢😂

  • @claytono.6310
    @claytono.6310 11 місяців тому

    OKAY so does it feel like your shaking and can't control it but your eyes are open and you feel the shaking. Try to stop it and it goes to a slower shake, but you didn't stop?

  • @TeacherMom80
    @TeacherMom80 8 місяців тому

    Omg, this has been happening to me for years. 😭😭😭 I always thought it was night terrors. It is terrifying. I wake up screaming fiercly & thrashing & hyperventilating & disoriented & in the hall & my brain vibrating, sometimes a weightless experience as If Im disconnected from my body, which I hate. Ive had sleep anxiety my whole life because of this. Its been really bad at times for years. Interestingly it hasnt happened since I was prescribed ivermectin for long covid. Could it possibly be induced by an auto inmune disorder that was triggered by different diseases throughout my life? My son developed chronic neurologiccal problems from lyme disease years ago & his spasms, ticks, jerking, etc stopped ehen he was prescribed ivermectin too. How do I get this diagnosed?

  • @manognaaaaaaaa
    @manognaaaaaaaa 8 місяців тому

    My mom is have night time seizures, started at age of 45 few months back.... she's not using proper medication....is there any treatment doctor?

  • @eballin45
    @eballin45 Рік тому

    Spiritual Warfare... always trying to escape and defend

  • @Slayer602ttv
    @Slayer602ttv 6 місяців тому

    @DrOmarDanoun if they have a sigzers but them not crawling around but they are still in the bed though during their sleep

  • @junenriquez4730
    @junenriquez4730 5 місяців тому

    My nocturnal seizure can be cured? If yes, how long, does it have time or year range? 💜💜💜

  • @SacredOwl
    @SacredOwl 9 місяців тому

    Make a room (a big box, big enough to go inside amd lay down) use foil faced polyisocyanurate or HDPE to make the box. Make sure you have layers of aluminum foil separated by each layer of polyisocyanurate, use half inch polyisocyanurate with foil layers then stack to make at least 2 inches thick. Then add layers of aluminum foil on the outside of the box. (start with 2 or 3 , but may need to add more later if continuing to have seizure) The main thing is to have layers. Use aluminum tape for everything, even the hing for the door, just as long as the box is sealed as best you can. Cut in a fan for air, drawing air from a metal duct a few feet (duct on outside is ok). When you feel one coming on, get inside box and it will prevent seizure. If having one, get inside and it will stop immediately.

  • @officiaMarysa
    @officiaMarysa 2 роки тому +1

    i have this and i hate it i always had them then i sleep and i was like ughhhh why me i wish i never had seizures.........

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому +1

      I hope you feel better soon

    • @officiaMarysa
      @officiaMarysa 2 роки тому

      @@DrOmarDanoun thanks i still have a hard time sleep and then i do i move around alot and wont sleep intill like 12 am or ect ... it drive me crazy

  • @LYSS89
    @LYSS89 7 місяців тому

    The causes no one speaks about.....Space weather activity.....Huge influxes of solar flares can be a contributing factor

    • @classicgamerlily587
      @classicgamerlily587 6 місяців тому

      I've been noticing a severe increase in my seizure activity in recent weeks. I've had at least one seizure day during each of the last 4 weekends, some worse than others, coinciding with the timing of the flares. Good to know this is a trigger for some folks.

    • @LYSS89
      @LYSS89 6 місяців тому

      @classicgamerlily587 Yeah it is...I pop a valium in the night sometimes before bed as I find it significantly reduces the risk of me having a tonic clonic seizure... They're very very very bad...

  • @shawnhassanpour7142
    @shawnhassanpour7142 4 місяці тому

    Please try UCLA in California
    They have the best epilipsy center in the United States.

  • @stephanieyeminez89
    @stephanieyeminez89 Рік тому

    Also I have bitten my tongue but I wake up. My husband have actually seen a crime scene. With bite my tongue. Apparently it's heritage I was adopted so I don't know except my mom was 14 she had it Gran Mal I got it from her .

  • @stephanieyeminez89
    @stephanieyeminez89 Рік тому

    Actually that's me. When I'm over tired or stressed out. Meds I'm on keppra I have 2 more. They don't actually work. So help I'm 51 soon to be 52 this year.

  • @snwprblm
    @snwprblm Рік тому

    I am one of the 30% not responding to any medicine. I have bizarre screaming and babbling, I will also violently toss myself around the room then collapse and foam at the mouth or walk slowly with my hair covering my face and then quietly stand over my husband or in a corner like some weird babadook ghost. Fingers crossed that they find something to remove

  • @abegailgaming2513
    @abegailgaming2513 8 місяців тому

    3:53 me too my son attack only at night but during the day almost normal but during the night it happens 2 or 3 times what should we do to make it back yo normal again thank you 4 suggestions

  • @pauls635
    @pauls635 2 роки тому +1

    Question. I have a complete body seizure once every year to year and a half. It is a nighttime seizure when my brain first hits REM sleep. I had many CT's, MRI's, EGG's, and each does not show anything. Had sleep studies and still nothing. The only thing I was told is that it has something to do with sleep depravation or something. I feel lost. I only have had 5 of them and in the last 6 to 7 years. Any thought?

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому

      This can happen. Seizures fluctuate in frequency. Some happen once a week and some once a year... If left untreated, seizures can get worse and more frequent overtime. I hope this helps

    • @bethpool4933
      @bethpool4933 11 місяців тому

      No! Dont take medication! MCT oil😊

  • @MrTrapinktattoos
    @MrTrapinktattoos Рік тому

    I have a traumatic brain injury from a motorcycle accident my front lobe not really quite sure what they call mind. Sometimes they have an amazing times 30 day times they’re intense sometimes they’re not they’ve got me on Keppra vimPat Lamictal and they got me on Lamotri currently life has been very hard

  • @Rodolfo17987
    @Rodolfo17987 Рік тому

    I'm I the only one who dreams a roach crawls on his neck during those sizures?
    I'm really afraid of that bug so I developed a réflex where I woke up instantly and smack My neck with My hand instanly, thats how I discovered the palpiations were in neck área.
    I my case it happens less often with age and only between 3 and 7 am give or take an hour.
    I also had alot of hits in my head as a child.
    It's honestly not a Big problem, not worst than a nightmare, Injust sharing in the case someone may find it useful.
    Thanks for the video btw, really helpful.

  • @shieldsfamily3709
    @shieldsfamily3709 7 місяців тому

    I got a pnes diagnosis but I find myself having siezure when I just wake up now,

  • @michellemackimm9912
    @michellemackimm9912 6 місяців тому

    My daughter has been having seizures during they day time which are non epileptic seizure however last June the Neurophysiologist Consultant reported activity supportive of epileptic seizures during her sleep state, he also suggested the were primarily generalised. My daughter struggles to function at time, she has many seizures at school where she is sent home. Her cognitive functions are affected up to two hours before a non epileptic attack, however she can get an aura up to two hours before and her writing is like a 3 year old and is incoherent (she’s 16 and gets B grades in English language). She has been deteriorating for the last 6 years. Her Neurologist said the is no Clinical evidence, even though she struggles to function as a average teen. She has no energy and it no affecting her mental health. Any advise from anyone would be extremely helpful, thankyou

    • @dawn1568
      @dawn1568 6 місяців тому +1

      Hi. I would go see a naturopath, if at all possible. All the neuroligists I took my daughter to seemed more interested in finding a way to blame her or blame me instead of trying to figure out what was actually causing them. If you can afford or your insurance will cover a naturopath, choose wisely. A lot of them have just taken a more natural approach but actually are really still practicing allopathic medicine.
      Depending on the cause of her seizures, many times changing her diet can help immensely. It is so scary when it is your child and you feel helpless and unable to do anything. Its even worse when you have to battle with the school district and doctors who dont really listen or think you you have anything of value to say. I pray that isnt your experience. The right doctor makes all the difference in the world. Stay strong and be an advocate for your daughter. Most people don't understand how diverse seizure disorders are and how difficult it is for the entire family. I know it's not much, but as a mother who has gone through having a teenage daughter with seizures, I wanted to reach out to you because I can empathize with how heartwrenching this is for you. Much Love and prayers💕💕

    • @michellemackimm9912
      @michellemackimm9912 6 місяців тому +1

      @@dawn1568 Thankyou so much for your kind and insightful words, they are encouraging and comforting especially when we feel lost and hopeless in this situation. I am truly sorry to hear that you have been and no doubt still going through a similar situation with your own daughter, i do hope things have either settled for her or improved her condition. It’s been a rollercoaster because many things have started adding up since the EEG last June. She had a non epileptic attack during the day whilst we were in hospital which was backed up with the EEG which showed no relation to her seizure, but then in the night she showed 20 mins of epileptic seizures in her sleep state and the following day, lost the use of both legs, however 14 hours later her right leg came back but it was 21 hours before her left leg would work again. Anyway we found out that the epileptic activity was bilateral and primarily generalised however the activity was more marked on occasion on the right Hemisphere of the brain. Now my basic understanding is that the activity bilaterally will have affected both her legs but because it was more marked on the right side this could indicate why her left leg took longer to recover. Even her neurological reflex test showed mire weakness and lesser respond in the left foot. My basic understanding is that things that happen on the right side of the brain effect the left side of the body and therefore it would correlate with EEG findings but no one from the hospital has mentioned or looked into it, the Drs just looked baffled. So i know there are signs and evidence, it’s just getting enough to convince the neurologist that the EEG is matching some of my daughters clinical signs. Just feeling quite helpless with trying to bring evidence into the forefront. We have other evidence to which i feel has been swept under the carpet too. So that’s where we are at this moment. We sent a recent video recording of an induced seizure through flashing lights when she had her EEG on, so i’m hopeful this may provide further evidence of my daughters situation and condition. I am very grateful for your help and support, and for reaching out like you have, it brings hope when you feel there is none and it’s nice to know that we are both not alone in this distressing experience. I am truly sorry about your daughter’s suffering and the impact of that on yourself and family. I wish nothing but health and happiness for your daughter, yourself and your family. Thankyou once again for reaching out, your kindness is extremely humbling xxx

    • @dawn1568
      @dawn1568 6 місяців тому

      @@michellemackimm9912 have you looked into Cbd? It doesn't have the thc so she wouldnt be getting high off of it. I know it has helped many people with their seizures. My daughter is grown up and now and has recovered, thank goodness, but I will never forget the trauma and anxiety of worrying when the next seizure will be the fear of not knowing if she will be ok. I wouldnt wish that for anyone... ever. There is no worse feeling than watching your baby suffer. Enough of the fear talk, but I know you know exactly what I mean! Hang in there. I hope you have support from friends and family. It can make all the difference. I think I am more traumatized from the whole thing than she is lol. I still worry to this day it could come back. I hope you get some answers. You are in my thoughts and my heart goes out to you!!!

  • @homounsapiens1287
    @homounsapiens1287 28 днів тому

    I heard about nicotine patches

  • @sadammuhammad2351
    @sadammuhammad2351 Рік тому

    I would like to thank #DrObulor for all the time he had to put into his work, I'm unable to stop thinking of how I could continue living with epilepsy however what's destined to be will be. I kept praying and also receiving marital support and energy and my prayers were answered through Dr Obulor he's just the better doctor and I recommend him💕....

  • @muscularclouds
    @muscularclouds 4 місяці тому

    You sound like you were born in 1999

  • @robineriksen1335
    @robineriksen1335 6 місяців тому

    Could you just show some seizures?

  • @JPATCH677
    @JPATCH677 2 роки тому +3

    I usually have seizures during my sleep and I wake up with my tongue being bitten either on one side or both sides of my tongue. Which leaves me to have mouth ulcers as a result of biting my tongue hard.
    I recently had a seizure where I was conscious and fell to the floor which left me with a cut on my forehead and the side of my cheek to be red. I got sent to hospital that day as it lasted longer than 5 minutes.
    I'm on medication, Levitracetam and I take one 500mg tablet in the morning, another 500mg along with a 250mg tablet at night.
    My seizures used to come every two weeks but has been getting less frequent pushing to sometimes not having one in three weeks to a month.
    I've tried cutting my screen time and playing less video games. I've tried eating a bit healthier but I'm unsure on what to keep on changing and removing.

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому

      Hope you feel better soon... There are many different medications and treatments...you can review the drug resistant epilepsy video and discuss with your neurologist

    • @hopehope8393
      @hopehope8393 Рік тому +1

      I have my seizure during sleep or when half wake up,maybe twice a year since two year ago. I always feel that I would die when seizure attacked my left brain was like shocked by electricity,but only after few seconds then I lost my consious.second day I woke up I can only remember how I felt before seizure happened.I do not want take ASM,I am trying herb tea and ketogenic diet,just trying to find out if it will stop my epilepsy.I am not very strict with ketogenic,I just reduce a lot of carbohydrate food like rice,bread,potato,noodles.I only eat one spoon rice or potato every meal,the rest food I cook meat,fish,or chicken with vegetables.sometimes I have that Panic and anxiety feelings like I will get my seizure soon,then I keep telling myself calm down,calm down with deep breath then nothing happen afterwards.The pine needles tea help me relax.I am still observe more things about my seisure trigger,such as my thyroid problem,my emotion etc,hope I never need take the ASM pills.

    • @safzkool
      @safzkool Рік тому

      Hope you are doing well now. How are you feeling now? Have they more less frequent?

    • @JPATCH677
      @JPATCH677 Рік тому

      @@safzkool Haven't had a seizure in 53 days which is pretty good, I'm quite forgetful but I have been taking photos when I take them so I can remember which has been useful.

    • @vish_kamboj
      @vish_kamboj Рік тому

      I also got 2 seizure during sleep having gap of 5 to 6 months .....
      Now I am also on the same medication as yours ...
      I just wanna ask that if you've got any seizure during medication or not

  • @ibrahimmohamed-el1yg
    @ibrahimmohamed-el1yg 5 місяців тому

    What if the MRI is clean and medication doesn't work. How will surgery work??
    Please help me with this, i had my first seizures at 11, and now I'm 24 with no change.
    The doctors only know its frontal lobe, and it happens in deep sleeps.

  • @Ezdrools
    @Ezdrools 2 роки тому +2

    I just found out I have nocturnal seizures, I didn't know that could happen!

    • @DrOmarDanoun
      @DrOmarDanoun  2 роки тому

      Yes can happen

    • @Ezdrools
      @Ezdrools 2 роки тому

      @@DrOmarDanoun I'm starting treatment for it soon but I think my neurologist said to wait to take the medicine until they decide i need a lumbar puncture for something or not

    • @NobodyNobody-wq2ij
      @NobodyNobody-wq2ij Рік тому

      @@Ezdrools How do you know for sure my mother was talking with my sister who has epilepsy about her seeing me snoring deep one second then the next I’m it’s like she said I couldn’t breathe and I was moving around a bit but i don’t remember it or notice anything In the morning

    • @Ezdrools
      @Ezdrools Рік тому

      @@NobodyNobody-wq2ij this sounds like sleep apnea, but I'm no doctor. I was told by my doctor about this though. I would suggest talking to your primary care to get you referred to a neurologist for an EMU and for sleep studies. I hope youre okay!

  • @Kaifi854
    @Kaifi854 Рік тому

    dr i have tonic seizure is that dangerous i am Very panicked now

  • @debbietasker2720
    @debbietasker2720 Рік тому +1

    I had a traumatic brain injury in 2019 the first hit was to my left forehead. I started having seizures in my sleep in March of 2022. It always starts with my heart rate falling below 30 bpm. I know this because my watch alerts my Caregiver when this happens. By the time they get to my room they say I am seizing. But the wonderful er doc at the bandaid hospital here says I have something called pnes or something because I didn't respond to Keppra.

    • @crystalmasters8582
      @crystalmasters8582 Рік тому

      You are having a trauma induced seizure. Start therapy ASAP 💜

  • @Galissa2010
    @Galissa2010 3 місяці тому

    I have seizures when I fall asleep

  • @Greencloud8
    @Greencloud8 Рік тому

    I have had nocturnal seizure where I actually got out of bed and crawled into my parents room and told them how scared I was
    It scared me knowing I was able to leave and sleep walk. Never know what you’re capable of doing